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Current Population Survey, March/April 1984 Match Files: Alimony and Child Support (ICPSR 4374)

Alternate Title: CPS, March/April 1984

Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

The file comprises records for the six rotation groups
common to the March and April 1984 Current Population Surveys. For
females aged 18 years and over, data are provided on alimony and child
support collected from the April supplement. These data highlight
alimony and child support arrangements made at the time of separation
or divorce, amount of payments actually received, and value and type
of any property settlement. This file also provides the usual monthly
labor force data plus dat... (more info)

The file comprises records for the six rotation groups
common to the March and April 1984 Current Population Surveys. For
females aged 18 years and over, data are provided on alimony and child
support collected from the April supplement. These data highlight
alimony and child support arrangements made at the time of separation
or divorce, amount of payments actually received, and value and type
of any property settlement. This file also provides the usual monthly
labor force data plus data on work experience, income, and migration.
Comprehensive information is given on the employment status,
occupation, and industry of persons aged 14 years and over. Additional
data for persons aged 15 years and older are available concerning
weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason not working full time,
total income and income components, and residence on March 1, 1983.
Characteristics such as age, sex, race, household relationship, and
Spanish origin are shown for each person in the household enumerated.
The data on employment and income refer to the preceding year,
although demographic data refer to the time of the survey. This file
also contains data covering nine noncash income sources: food stamps,
school lunch program, employer-provided group health insurance,
employer-provided pension plan, personal health insurance, Medicaid,
Medicare, CHAMPUS or military health care, and energy assistance.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY, MARCH/APRIL 1984 MATCH FILES: ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT. ICPSR04374-v1. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Bureau of the Census [producer], 1986. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-08-09. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04374.v1

Universe:
The universe is the civilian noninstitutional population
of the United States living in housing units and male members of the
Armed Forces living in civilian housing units on a military base or
in a household not on a military base.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

In this hierarchical dataset, there are three record
types. The first is Household, with 59 variables, the Family record
type has 78 variables, and the Person record type has 246 variables.